Tatiana Kazantseva

I am available on 3 different clinics/locations and online. Please, inquire about existing slots. 

Originally from Russia - a place between East and West - my approach to psychotherapy draws on scientifically informed Western psychology and psychotherapy, in both of which I hold university degrees, as well as the embodied awareness cultivated through Chinese martial arts.

I believe that the work of a psychotherapist is to facilitate a change in one’s experience of life, and that this has to do with their actual states. States are shaped by both the past, which somehow permeates the present, and our somatic experience. I work with both, ultimately aiming to improve the experience of living.

My work starts with a thorough assessment and trauma stabilisation (if necessary). From then it is directed by the clients unique individual therapeutic goal and their actual capacity to change. I combine Gestalt therapy, Somatic experiencing, Focusing method, Transpersonal and Psychodynamic tools - always in a unique combination for the individual needs. 

I am a trauma-aware and ethical psychotherapist, committed to the BACP Code of Ethics and supported by regular clinical supervision to ensure a high standard of professional practice.

I believe in an incremental but solid psychological shift brought about through psychotherapy gently over time. As a rule of thumb, clients reach out when a crisis occurs or is about to begin, and their inner guidance leads them to seek solid and reliable professional support.

While I take my work very seriously in terms of ethical and professional standards, the seriousness doesnt translate into clinical vibe. Instead, my clients experience my practice as warm, authentic and holding. Over time, they internalise the solid and warm container I provide, and discover their own safe place within. 

During the first two sessions I would really want to meet you as you are, get to know what brought you to therapy, what change would you like to see in the future as a result of the work of our tandem. We will set up the goals and run a full clinical assessment, where the risks could also be identified.